Garment-supporter.



No. 778,937. PATENTED JAN. 3, 1905.

v E. O. WOOLLEY GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1904.

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UNITED STATES I Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,937, dated January3, 1905.

Application filed June 9, 1904:. Serial No. 211.865.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH O.WOOLLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and useful Garment-Supporter, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to garment supporters.

The object of the invention is to provide a fastener which shall besimple in construction, thoroughly efficient and durable in use, andwhich when once positioned upon the wearer will be positively heldagainst possibility of working loose and thus becoming lost.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a garment-supporter, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable ofcarrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that theelements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape,proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from thespirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a garment-supporterconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is aperspective view showing the tongue ,in the position in which it isplaced when the device is to be attached to a garment. Fig. 3 is ayiewin transverse section through the device.

body of the supporter, 2 the tongue, and 3 the teeth or prongs carriedby the tongue. The body,as also the tongue, is preferaby made fromspring metal, such as steel, and is bent or bowed to conform to thewaist of the wearer. The body consists of a bar 4: and a pluralityReferring to the drawings, 1 designates the of fingers 5, in thisinstance three in number, the upper ends of which pass through slots 6in the tongue and are turned upon themselves to present butt-joints, asclearly shown in Fig. 3. The tongue is also of resilient metal, and theprongs 3 are by preference integral with the tongue.

As above stated, the fastener is bowed, and in order to permit thetongue to be moved to the position shown in Fig. 2, which will result instraightening it out, the end slots are of sufficiently greater lengththan the width of the fingers as to permit the tongue to be moved to theposition shown and to be straightened out. By bowing the body and thetongue the latter will be positively held in closed position by reasonof the frictional resistance presented to the hinge members by the wallsof the slots, so that when the device is once positioned upon the wearerit will positively remain there and be held against any tendency to workloose.

In the-use of the device the body of the supporter is secured to theinner side of the belt of the skirt and is held in position thereon bystitches passed around the bar 4 and fingers 5. When it is desired tobring the prongs 3 into engagement with the shirt waist, the tongue 2 ismoved to'the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby straightening out thedevice. The band of the waist being in proper position within thewaistband of the skirt, the tongue is moved to the position shown inFig. 1, causing the prongs to penetrate the band of the shirt-waist andthereby securely hold it against working up.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. Agarment-supporter comprising a body having a plurality of fingers, and atongue provided with prongs and having orifices to be engaged by theterminals of the fingers, the end orifices being of greater length thanthe width of the fingers.

2. A garment-supporter comprising a body having a plurality of fingers,and a tongue provided with prongs and having orifices to my oWn I havehereto affixed my signature in be engaged by the terminals of thefingers, the presence of tWo witnesses.

the end orifices being of greater length than r the Width of thefingers, and the body and ELIAABETH WOOLLEY' 5 tongue being normallyflexed from a straight Witnesses:

line. WILL MAULDIN,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as F. M. BERRY.

